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link boys

link boys is the plural of link boy.

Meaning of link boy

Noun

link boy (plural link boys)

  1. (historical) A boy employed to carry a torch or other light at night to help people navigate through the streets.
    • “Servants is in the arms o' Porpus, I think,” said the short chairman, warming his hands at the attendant link-boy’s torch.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    linkman, torchbearer

Questions about link boys

What is link boys the plural of?
Link boys is the plural of link boy.

Words near link boys in the dictionary

  1. link
  2. link bait
  3. link bar
  4. link bars
  5. link boy
  6. link boys
  7. link building
  8. link cut tree
  9. link cut trees
  10. link doping
  11. link editor

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